Section 1905-D. State Funding.--(a) Funding allocated under this section shall be allocated from and limited to funds appropriated for this purpose and shall only be used for direct costs for any institution that provides courses within the Commonwealth.
(b) Community education councils will submit projected expenditures to the Secretary of Education for review prior to allocation of funding. The secretary shall establish eligibility criteria which community education councils must annually meet in order to qualify for assistance under this article.
(c) The secretary upon consultation with approved councils shall be responsible for the allocation and distribution of State funding among community education councils. Priority for financial assistance shall be given to those community education councils and the foundations that received State assistance during 1997-1998.
(d) Grants from funds appropriated to community education councils in any fiscal year shall be paid in an amount no less than and in the same manner as payments in fiscal year 2006-2007. If a community education council ceases to exist, the funds may be distributed to the remaining community education councils on a pro rata basis. ((d) amended July 20, 2007, P.L.278, No.45)
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d), for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, funds appropriated to community education councils shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Each community education council which received funding in fiscal year 2012-2013 shall receive an amount equal to the amount it received in that fiscal year and a pro rata share of two hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars ($227,000).
(2) (Reserved).
((e) added July 9, 2013, P.L.408, No.59)
(1905-D added Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1194, No.154)
Compiler's Note: See the preamble to Act 59 of 2013 in the appendix to this act for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.